街 — boulevard, street, town

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• がい gai
• かい kai

Kun'yomi

• まち machi

Words that use 街

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 街角 まちかど street corner JLPT N2
• 街 がい street JLPT N1
• 街道 かいどう highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period) JLPT N1
• 街頭 がいとう (on the) street JLPT N1